Window stop



F. J. UECKER July 24, 1934.

WINDOW STOP Filed April 22, 1952 PICIL FKIZ INVENTOR. TIZEDEQICKJ.UECKEIZ A TTORNEY.

Patented July 24, 1934 :1; g wmmw. STOP ill e e c -l e l P iladelphia,Pa., assignor to Edward G Budd Manufacturing Company, Philadelphia, Paa' corporation of Pennsylvania I App lication April 221932, sci-taint.606,8 29

Claims. ;j (01. 296-44) My invention relates to vehicle structuresandments of autoniobilesh h a Objects of my invention'include primarily theprovision of a stop of-tlie above indicated char;-

particularly to stone for the glass window eleacter, or adevice similarthereto for analogous" purposes that shall facilitate the manufactureand assemblyof the parts constituting the same and associated therewith,that shall beeffec.

o tively shaped and bracedfthat shall conserve space, weight andmaterial, that shall be effective in its operation and that shall haveother advantages incident to the utilization of the improvement.

In the provision of a Window-glass stop at an intermediate position onthe inner sheet-metal panel of an automobile wall or door panel it hasheretofore been usual to punch a tongue or lug and bend it out of theplane of the sheet.

It has been usual to merely bend out a flat sheet metal tongue that iseither unsupported or reinforced by connection to the outer wall or doorpanel and, in either case, the resultant structure is comparatively weakor required com- 5 paratively difiicult and expensive reinforcingoperations.

In practicing my invention, I provide a stop that is so punched from ametal sheet and that is of such configuration and relation to the re 3maining portions of the sheet as to constitute a rigid, permanent andeffective structure having several features of improvement over similardevices heretofore employed.

Fig. 1, of the accompanying drawing, is a perspective view of the innerpanel of the door of an automobile, as viewed from the exterior ofthecar, the outer panel being removed.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detailed view, in elevation, of the device shownin Fig. 1, as viewed in the 210 direction of the arrow II, and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged view, taken substantially along'the line III-IIIof Fig.- l.

The inner panel of the door comprises a single piece of relatively thinsheet metal that is die -stamped, pressed and cut from an initially flatsheet of metal.

It comprises a perimetral flange 2 for receiving a crimped edge flange 3of the outer panel 5, a

window opening 4, jamb rail portions 6 and a window-glass stop structure8 of my invention.

The outer panel .5 has a usual opening similar to the opening 4 and inregister therewith to form the window opening of the door.

The stop structure 8 has a portion in the form .55 of a tongue that isstamped, or otherwise severed about three sides from the panel to have abase portion 10' remaining integral with the panel, a relatively narrowpreferably parallelsided section 12 adjacent to the base 10 and apreferably gradually widening portion 14 extend- 90 ing from the narrowportion 12 to an outer end portion -16 thereof. r a 5 A slot 18 in thepanel is consequently, of a shape, similar to'the tongue, having anarrow portion '20 and a widened portion 22.

Pressed portions or indentures'24 are provided at opposite sides of theslot in the panel adjacent to the intersection of the wide and narrowslot sections to constitute anchorages or shoulders for the tongue end16 which is wider than the o; slot at this location.- I I In shaping thetongue, after it has been stamped or cut from the panel, it is benttransversely to the plane of the panel about an axis, preferably at ornear the base end 10 of the tongue, to render the narrow portion 12 ofthe tongue the stop portion, against which a window glass, not shown, isadapted to rest in its inner or lowermost position between the doorpanels.

Adjacent to the outer end 11 of the stop por- 30 tion 12,,the tongue isreversely bent to render the widened portion 14 substantially a bracebetween the stop 12 and the panel. The brace 14 not only slopes at anangle to the panel, but also tapers along its edges from adjacent 1 tothe outer tongue end 16 to the outer end 11 of. the stop, thus providingWidef bases and a substantially pyramidalstructure of high resistanceagainst both vertical and horizontal forces.

The end portion 16 is preferably bent to have a short section thereof insubstantially parallel side surface engagement with the panel over asubstantial area thereof at each side of the slot 18. This structureprovides adequate area for, and facilitates the application of, weldspots 26 joining the portion 16 of the panel. Also, by having theportion 16 rest on the shoulders 24, the Weld spots 26 are relieved ofthe main supporting and impact forces of the glass on the stop 12 normalto the plane of the shoulders, 0 or in a direction substantiallyparallel to the door panel.

The invention provides a substantially triangular stop structure, inwhich the sides are rigidly braced, in contradistinction to anunsupported lug or tongue that is merely bent at right angles to thepanel, and in a more advantageous manner than a shelf or stop bridgedbetween the outer and inner panels 5 and 6, respectively.

While I have shown and described a particular form of my invention,changes may be effected therein without departing from the spirit andscope thereof as set forth in the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A vehicle window-glass stop comprising a sheet-metal panel and anelement struck out of the panel in the form of a tongue, benttoform withthe panel as'one sicle,--a substantially triangular bracket having astop portion projecting from the panel and a diagonal brace portionbetween the stop portion and the panel, the panel having a struck-upportion constituting a shoul der support for the inner end of thediagonalbrace portion.

2. A vehicle window-glass stop comprising a sheet-metal panel and anelement struck out of v the panel in the form or" a tongue, bent to formwith the panel as one side, a substantially triangular bracket having astop portion projecting from the panel and a diagonal brace portionbetween the stop portion and the-panel, the panel;

panel, the brace portion having a laterally projecting portion restingagainst the panel beside the slot formed in the panel by striking outthe tongue.

4. A vehicle window-glass stop comprising a sheet-metal panel and anelement struck out of the panel in the form of a tongue bent about axesparallel to the panel, to form with the panel as one side, a triangularbracket having a stop portion projecting from the panel and a diagonalbrace portion between the stop portion and the panel, the brace portionhaving a laterally projecting portion parallel, and spot welded, to thepanel beside the slot formed in the panel by striking out the tongue.

5. A vehicle window-glass stop comprising a sheet-metal panel and anelement struck out of the panel in the form of a tongue bent about axesparallel to the panel, to form with the panel as one side, a triangularbracket having a stop portion projecting from the panel and a diagonalbrace portion between the stop portion and the panel, the brace portionhaving a laterally projecting portion parallel, and spot welded, to thepanel at opposite sides of the slot formed in the panel by striking outthe tongue and edges sloping between said laterally projecting portionand the outer end of the stop portion.

FREDERICK J. UECKER.

